Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 20, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III is often praised, in particular by his own followers, for his ecumenical stances. The reality is, however, somewhat different, as the decisions of the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod show. All synod meetings were presided over by Pope Shenouda, a strong and charismatic...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 18, 2011
An advertisement of the Italian clothing company Benetton featuring Pope Benedict XVI kissing the Shaykh Al-Azhar has provoked a storm of angry reactions in Italy and the company was forced to remove it almost immediately.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 4, 2011
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb called on the Western religious institutions led by the Vatican to stop "spreading the culture of hatred and incitation against Islam and end groundless attacks on it."
"We need to search for enlightened models that would contribute to disseminating the...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 4, 2011
طالب الدكتور أحمد الطيب شيخ الأزهر المؤسسة الدينية الغربية وعلي رأسها الفاتيكان بالتخلي عن نشر ثقافة الحقد والتحريض ضد الإسلام، والتوقف عن الهجوم عليه بإدعاءات باطلة، لافتا إلي محاضرة بابا الفاتيكان بنديكت السادس عشر الشهيرة في ألمانيا التي هاجم فيها الإسلام.
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 11, 2011
Pope Benedict XVI called on political leaders to resist the temptation to hate as he marked the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in Italy.
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 7, 2011
There is no doubt that what the Norwegian right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik did was terrorism, viewed by the Arab nations as an ascension of the European ultra-rightist’ groups. A number of extreme Islamists' websites mentioned that Breivik’s website proves his ultra-rightist’ orientation...
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 20, 2011
The papal nuncio to Egypt Monsignor Michael Fitzgerald said endeavors are still going on to re-establish relations between the Azhar and the Roman Catholic Church in the Vatican after Pope Benedict XVI gave statements misunderstood to be offensive to Muslims.
Fitzgerald expected the ties binding...
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 23, 2011
Dr. Muhammad 'Abd al-Jawād, Diplomatic advisor of the Azhar Grand Shaykh, said that the Azhar is still refusing to engage in dialogue with the Vatican, without an official apology from the Vatican Pope, who defamed Islam describing it as a bloody religion.
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Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 19, 2011
Dr. Nabīl al-'Arabī, minister of foreign affairs, has met with Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City in Italy where they discussed the situation in Egypt, specifically the Coptic file.
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 19, 2011
Pope Benedict XVI met with the new Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil el-Arabi on 18 May, 2011, amid concerns over the safety of Christians caught up in the Arab revolutions of the Middle East. The meeting, which followed talks between Arabi and Dominique Mamberti, the Vatican's foreign minister, took...